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Jewett was universally liked but had let many of the dean’s duties slip away, and then-University President Derek C. Bok had taken a particular interest in College life...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Seven Years, Lewis Calls Shots At College | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...partisan accusations? the public shaming of former FBI director Louis Freeh? - its very existence appeals to Americans' sense of frustration, especially as new revelations of lapses surface. Everyone, including the President, the public and each member of the congressional panel wants to know: how did so much crucial information slip through our intelligence channels? And how in the world can we keep that from happening again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 9/11 Inquiry: Paper Chase | 6/5/2002 | See Source »

...Columbia put on a good charge and we shot ourselves in the foot by letting our own boat speed slip at the same time,” Finelli said. “I thought we had a shot to catch Navy, but we didn’t get it done...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lights Fall to Seventh at Nationals | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...retain something of the deeper and indescribable emotional experiences also inspired by the end of my time here. Accompanying the desperate search for meaning is the effort to wholeheartedly embrace the experience of living in the penultimate moment, of loving the people and the times that are about to slip away. The fruits of this effort have no solid conceptual content, and the irreducibility and immediacy of these sentiments have made them more stable and valuable than any of the various ways I might try to interpret the past four years...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: The Meaning of the End | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...when does misunderstanding slip over the line into prejudice? "There are racial misunderstandings, but there is also racial paranoia," says Beverly Cross, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education. "We see this a lot with black boys who are cute until about the fourth grade, and then teachers start to fear them." Linelle Clark, Austin's dropout-prevention coordinator, sees some evidence of this in her district. She recalls that "one principal noticed a teacher with a pattern of sending the same black kid to the office, and when he called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning While Black | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

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